Ironing-board.



B. W. ROSS'.

IRGNING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 19, 1908.

Patented Apr. 19,1910.

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BERNARD V7. ROSS, OF EASTON, MARYLAND.

IRONINGr-BOARD.

To ciZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, BERNARD W. Ross, a citizen of the United States,residing at Easton, in the county of Talbot and State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of whichthe following is a specilication.

This invention relates to laundry apparatus, and more particularly toironing boards, and has for its object to provide such a device whichmay be detachably engaged upon the edge of a table and which is providedwith a floor-engaging support to sustain the outer end of the board.

Another object of the invention is to provide a board of the classdescribed comprising a table portion adapted for ordinary ironing uses,and having a pivoted floorengaging lever connected therewith and adaptedto coengage with one end of the board against the edge of a table theouter end of which lever is adapted to engage against the floor tosupport the outer end of the board, and so shaped that it is adapted foruse as a sleeve board upon reversal of the device.

A most important object of this invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described so designed that all structural parts thereof may bemanufactured from wood, thus cheapening the article and making itdesirable as a means of using portions of wood stock in mills, whichmight otherwise be Wasted.

Other objects and advantages will be apparentfrom the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a side view of the device engaged with the edge of thetable, for use as an ironing board Vof the ordinary type, Fig. 2 is aside view of the device adapted for use as a sleeve board to be disposedupon Specification of, Letters Patent.

Application led November 19, 1908.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

serial No. 463,421.

view of the device, Fig. 41 is a cross sectional view through thet-runnions and standards of the device.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown an ironing board 10 of theusual type which near the head end is provided with the wooden cleat 13,to the ends of which are secured the brackets 11, also of wood -havingt-he apertures 12. The cleat is of a length less than the width of theboard 10. The engagement of the brackets with the board is thusreinforced and their attachment thereto simplified. Disposed revolublyin the openings 12, are the trunnions 15 of a bolster 14 comprising ashort beam of wood extending between the brackets. Secured to thebolster 111 is a board or lever member 16 having its outer end shapedsuitably for use as a sleeve board. 1t will be noted that the brackets11 are spaced inwardly of the edge of the board 10 and the adjacent endof the sleeve board projects beyond the member 1-1, the project-ing endportions thus being adapted for clamping engagement on opposite sides ofa table top upon divergent oscillation of the outer ends of the sleeveand ironing board.

Secured to the under face of the board 10 adjacent to its outer end, isa laterally extending carrying block 19 supporting hingedly a bracemember 20 adapted to engage in the notches 21 formed upon the inner faceof the sleeve board 16, to hold it in divergent position with respect tothe board 10 for clamping engagement upon a table and supportingengagement with a Hoor at its outer end. A seat 21 is formed inwardly ofthe first named notches, and adapted to engage with the brace to holdthe ironing and sleeve boards in parallel spaced relation so that ifdesired the device may be so adjusted and inverted upon a table, asshown in Fig. 2 for the ironing of sleeves.

Vhat is claimed is In combination, an ironing board, a cleattransversely secured near the head end of said board said cleat being ofa length less than the Width of said board, a bracket havthe top of atable, Fig. 3 is an outer end l ing an aperture secured to each end ofsaid cleat, a bolster having trunnions held Within said apertures, asleeve board secured to said bolster having a seat and a plurality ofadjacent notches, a carrying block secured transversely to said ironingboard, a hinge carried by said block, and a brace secured to said hingearranged to have its end adl Witnesses:

hold said sleeve board parallel to said iron- 10 ing board as and in themanner set forth.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature, in presence 0i' twoWitnesses.

BERNARD W. ROSS.

justably held by said notches When said iron- EMORY A. Ross, ing boardis used7 and held by said seat to SAMUEL NORRIS.

